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Author Kiyotaki, Keiko, editor.

Title Ottoman land reform in the province of Baghdad / by Keiko Kiyotaki
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (323 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series The Ottoman Empire and its heritage : politics, society and economy, 1380-6076 ; volume 66
Ottoman Empire and its heritage ; v. 66.
Contents The province of Baghdad -- Agriculture -- Tax farming and public finance -- Land problems -- Land reform -- Modifications of the land and tax systems -- Land and tax systems during the British occupation and mandate period -- The decline of the Ottoman legacy
Summary "In Ottoman Land Reform in the Province of Baghdad, Keiko Kiyotaki traces the Ottoman reforms of tax farming and land tenure and establishes that their effects were the key ingredients of agricultural progress. These modernizing reforms are shown to be effective because they were compatible with local customs and tribal traditions, which the Ottoman governors worked to preserve. Ottoman rule in Iraq has previously been considered oppressive and blamed with failure to develop the country. Since the British mandate government's land and tax policies were little examined, the Ottoman legacy has been left unidentified. This book proves that Ottoman land reforms led to increases in agricultural production and tax revenue, while the hasty reforms enacted by the mandate government ignoring indigenous customs caused new agricultural and land problems"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 13, 2019)
Subject Land reform -- Iraq -- Baghdad (Province) -- History
Taxes, Farming of -- Iraq -- Baghdad (Province) -- History
Land tenure -- Iraq -- Baghdad (Province) -- History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
International relations
Land reform
Land tenure
Taxes, Farming of
SUBJECT Iraq -- History -- 1534-1921. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067945
Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85138802
Baghdad (Iraq : Province) -- Relations -- Turkey
Turkey -- Relations -- Iraq -- Baghdad (Province)
Subject Iraq
Iraq -- Baghdad (Province)
Turkey
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019011674
ISBN 9789004384347
9004384340
9004366598
9789004366596